Gary Cahill is right to slam Chelsea FC teammates
Gary Cahill has come out with strong comments against his Chelsea FC colleagues and rightly so after a shambolic performance against Manchester City.
Chelsea FC limped to a pathetic 3-0 defeat against Manchester City at the weekend. They were taken apart by Manuel Pellegrini’s men who were more committed and simply more up for a game of football. Following the match, Gary Cahill has slammed his teammates for a dismal display.
The defender essentially criticised his colleagues for lacking pride, reminding them of the need to put in maximum effort despite the absence of material incentives.
"We should have more pride in ourselves to go out and give a performance and at least run around and try to get close to people…you run around and if you make mistakes you make mistakes and you go again. I thought we lacked that in this game. – via ESPN FC"
The Blues were woeful as they slumped to the second Premier League defeat of Guus Hiddink’s reign. After a decent opening 30 minutes, in which Chelsea looked likely to score, Sergio Aguero’s deflected strike to open the scoring was the turning point.
After that moment, the Blues rolled over for the visitors who clinically put them away. With Champions League qualification on their minds, City needed a result and they showed that in their spirited display.
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Given the horrific campaign that Chelsea have endured, not much was expected from the contest. However, the minimal requirement is pride and effort. With the Blues playing for nothing as the season reaches its end, Blues fans only have a couple of things to look forward to.
One of these is the club’s game against fierce rivals Tottenham Hotspur in May, while the other one was the City contest. Unfortunately, the players failed to get the memo and chose to swan around the pitch aimlessly instead.
In fact, last weekend’s performance was the 2015/16 incarnation of Chelsea in a nutshell. The Blues have lacked drive and determination throughout the campaign and although Hiddink has done well to somewhat steady the ship, he has evidently been unable to purge the squad of a poor attitude.
This will be one of Antonio Conte’s principal tasks when takes over. It is believed that the solution will involve a major overhaul of the squad and Saturday’s display only increased support for such drastic action.
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The sooner the season can end, the better. There is significant soul-searching required from many of these players over the summer, but whether their potential rebirth will be witnessed in a blue shirt or that of another club remains to be seen.